22 publications

2021

• Pierce, D. W., Su, L., Cayan, D. R., Risser, M. D., Livneh, B., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2021). An extreme-preserving long-term gridded daily precipitation dataset for the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(7), 1883-1895. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0212.1
• Gershunov, A., Morales, J. G., Hatchett, B., Guirguis, K., Aguilera, R., Shulgina, T., ... Tardy, A. (2021). Hot and cold flavors of southern California's Santa Ana winds: their causes, trends, and links with wildfire. Climate Dynamics, 16. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05802-z

2020

• Wang, G. L., Kirchhoff, C. J., Seth, A., Abatzoglou, J. T., Livneh, B., Pierce, D. W., ... Ding, T. Y. (2020). Projected changes of precipitation characteristics depend on downscaling method and training data: MACA versus LOCA using the US Northeast as an example. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(12), 2739-2758. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-19-0275.1
• Walton, D., Berg, N., Pierce, D., Maurer, E., Hall, A., Lin, Y. H., ... Cayan, D. (2020). Understanding differences in California climate projections produced by dynamical and statistical downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 125(19). doi: 10.1029/2020jd032812

2019

• Zhang, Z. H., Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2019). A deficit of seasonal temperature forecast skill over west coast regions in NMME. Weather and Forecasting, 34(4), 833-848. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-18-0172.1

2018

• Knowles, N., Cronkite-Ratcliff, C., Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2018). Responses of unimpaired flows, storage, and managed flows to scenarios of climate change in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed. Water Resources Research, 54(10), 7631-7650. doi: 10.1029/2018wr022852
• Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Pierce, D. W. (2018). Heat wave probability in the changing climate of the Southwest US. Climate Dynamics, 50(9-10), 3853-3864. doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3850-3
• Franco, G. F., Cayan, D. R., Pierce, D. W., Westerling, A. L., & Thorne, J. H. (2018). Cumulative global CO2 emissions and their climate impact from local through regional scales: A Report for California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment. : .
• Pierce, D. W., Kalansky, J. F., & Cayan, D. R. (2018). Climate, Drought, and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment: A Report for California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment. : California Energy Commission.

2016

• Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2016). Downscaling humidity with Localized Constructed Analogs (LOCA) over the conterminous United States. Climate Dynamics, 47(1-2), 411-431. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2845-1
• DeFlorio, M. J., Goodwin, I. D., Cayan, D. R., Miller, A. J., Ghan, S. J., Pierce, D. W., ... Singh, B. (2016). Interannual modulation of subtropical Atlantic boreal summer dust variability by ENSO. Climate Dynamics, 46(1-2), 585-599. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2600-7

2015

• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Abatzoglou, J. T., & Hegewisch, K. C. (2015). Improved bias correction techniques for hydrological simulations of climate change. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(6), 2421-2442. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0236.1
• Livneh, B., Bohn, T. J., Pierce, D. W., Munoz-Arriola, F., Nijssen, B., Vose, R., ... Brekke, L. (2015). A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013. Scientific Data, 2(1), 150042. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.42
• Xu, L., Pierce, D. W., Russell, L. M., Miller, A. J., Somerville, R. C. J., Twohy, C. H., ... Rasch, P. J. (2015). Interannual to decadal climate variability of sea salt aerosols in the coupled climate model CESM1.0. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. doi: 10.1002/2014JD022888

2014

• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., & Thrasher, B. L. (2014). Statistical downscaling using Localized Constructed Analogs (LOCA). Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15(6), 2558-2585. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0082.1
• Polade, S. D., Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Gershunov, A., & Dettinger, M. D. (2014). The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes. Scientific Reports, 4(4364). doi: 10.1038/srep04364
• Maurer, E. P., & Pierce, D. W. (2014). Bias correction can modify climate model simulated precipitation changes without adverse effect on the ensemble mean. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(3), 915-925. doi: 10.5194/hess-18-915-2014

2013

• Das, T., Maurer, E. P., Pierce, D. W., Dettinger, M. D., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). Increases in flood magnitudes in California under warming climates. Journal of Hydrology, 501, 101-110.
• Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R., Das, T., Maurer, E. P., Miller, N. L., Bao, Y., ... Tyree, M. (2013). The key role of heavy precipitation events in climate model disagreements of future annual precipitation changes in California. Journal of Climate, 26(16), 5879-5896. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00766.1
• Pierce, D. W., & Cayan, D. R. (2013). The uneven response of different snow measures to human-induced climate warming. Journal of Climate, 26(12), 4148-4167. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00534.1
• Pierce, D. W., Westerling, A. L., & Oyler, J. (2013). Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5 global climate models and variable infiltration capacity hydrological modeling system. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(5), 1833-1850. doi: 10.5194/hess-17-1833-2013
• Pierce, D. W., Das, T., Cayan, D. R., Maurer, E. P., Miller, N. L., Bao, Y., ... Tyree, M. (2013). Probabilistic estimates of future changes in California temperature and precipitation using statistical and dynamical downscaling. Climate Dynamics, 40(3-4), 839-856. doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1337-9